

The characters' emotions range from comically melodramatic to hilariously emotionless and flat. However, I'll have to say the horrifyingly bad voice work adds to the overwhelming kitsch-factor of the title and actually serves the game rather well. The game features some very repetitive background music and has an amazingly bad voice over. Although this title is not the first to utilize this feature, it is pretty cool, nonetheless. One cool element of this title is the ability to turn your widescreen TV on its side to get the full classic experience. Character animations are smooth, and the levels are presented in a semi-3D environment. While this title won't win any technical merits, the look of the game works well enough. The visuals in this game are fairly good and complement the vintage gameplay. Luckily, the other two control schemes offer the joystick-like precision of the analog stick that this arcade-style game demands. While this is certainly the most intuitive and easiest-to-pick-up control scheme, the D-pad does not give you enough precision when you are floating around the field. The Wii-Mote is probably the simplest control scheme and lets you use the two numeral buttons for different attacks as well as the D-pad to move around. You are able to use the Wii-mote on its side, the Classic Controller, or the GameCube Controller. Controls in this game are pretty good, but only because you are afforded so many control options.
